Improvement in wash-boilers



E. G. WOODWORTH.

Wash-Boiler.

Patented Aug.- 20, 1878..

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELON Gr. WOODWORTH, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASH-BOILERS.

' Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 207,147, dated August20, 1878 application filed January 10, 1878.

To'all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELoN G.W0oDwonT1-I, of Pittsburg, in the county ofAllegheny, State of Pennsylvania, have invented. a new and usefulImprovement in Wa sh-B oilers; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and exact description thereof, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon.

My invention relates to an improvement in wash-boilers; and consists individing the boiler into a boiling and steam-chamber, with tubes leadingfrom the latter through the former, and through the bottom of theboiler, whereby the steam which escapes from the boiling of the clothesinto the steam-chamber is conducted through the medium of said pipesinto the fire-fines of a stove or range; also, in the means foradjusting the lid within the boiler, whereby the lid is adapted tooperate as a valve, all substantially as hereinafter more fully setforth and claimed.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of my specification,Figure 1 is a vertical section of a wash-boiler embodying myimprovements, taken on the line a: a; of Fig. 2. Fig.2 is a plan View ofthe same with the cover and inner lid removed, so as to illustrate therelative position of the two pipes, of which the sectional viewnecessarily shows but one. Fig. 3 represents the inner lid which dividesthewash-boiler into two compartments.

In the drawings, A represents the body of the boiler, which is dividedinto two compartthe boiler, and are held in position with relation tothe lid 1) by means of the loops g, the

wires 0 acting as a spring for the purpose of.

holding the lid D down so as to keep the steam in the boiling-chamber13, thereby increasing the boiling process and facilitating the boilingof the clothes. The lid D, combined with. the action of the wire 0,causes the lid to act as a valve, which yields to undue pressure,allowing the steam to escape into the chamber 0, from which it escapesthrough. the tubes h into the fire-flues of the stove or range. Thechamber 0 is provided with a lid, 2', which is of ordinary construction,and the body A of the boiler is provided with handles K.

Having thus described my improvement, what I claim is 1. A wash-boilerdivided into compartments B 0 through the medium of a lid, D, havingtubes leading from the compartment (J through the compartment B, andcommunicating with the fire-fines of a stove or range, substantially asherein described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The lid D, arranged to divide the abovedescribed wash-boiler into itstwo compartments, B and G, and maintained in position therein by thespring-wire 0, whereby the said lid is adapted to operate as a valve,substantially as herein shown and described.

ELON G. WOODWORTII.

Witnesses F. B. Ooornn, A. G. J onNsToN.

